Entice [Naruto Fanfic]

Chapter 2 - Glamour

Chapter 2 – Glamour

Hitori watched the sun rise as she stood at the village gates, waiting for her bodyguards, Kiba and Akamaru. Only a moment after she had finished the thought 'Where the hell are they?', she heard Akamaru bark from behind her and turned around to see the ninken and his master walking towards them. Akamaru licked her hand and she pet him in greeting when he ran to her and Kiba was by her side only moments later.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." he apologised sincerely, knowing that he had almost slept straight through his alarm, and if it wasn't for Akamaru waking him, he'd probably still be asleep. Ninja tended to need a good night's sleep after training all day, or doing missions etcetera, and it was very rare that they ever felt like they were 'safe', so usually when they were in their own home, in their own village, oversleeping could be a problem, especially if you'd had a few beers the night before.

"Shall we?" she said simply, adjusting the large pack on her back and turning towards the gates again. Kiba made a sound of agreement and they set off towards the sunrise.

It was quiet for a while, and they listened to the sounds of the day starting instead of speaking. The birds were beginning to sing and chirp, the wind was whistling through the trees and the distant sound of anything and everything else began to get gradually louder and become the white noise that everyone heard on a daily basis and never paid any attention to.

"So, I presume you know where you're going?" Kiba asked as they slowly made their way further from the village and in a direction he hadn't been on before.

"I've been making this same trip back and forth every week for a few months. I think I've got the hang of it by now." she retorted sharply, not liking his questioning tone. "If we continue at this pace without stopping, we'll be there within about 4 hours." she informed him, still keeping her eyes looking in front of her. Just because she was a 'civilian' and what not, that didn't mean that she was stupid.

"Well, we can go as fast or as slow as you want. It's up to you." Kiba replied, choosing to ignore her sharp tone earlier, knowing that it would just piss him off and they'd end up in an argument. They hadn't even been travelling for an hour yet and he had no interest in starting something so early in the trip nor so early in the morning.

"Let's pick up the pace then." she said and began running so abruptly that he just watched her for a moment before realising what had happened and catching up.

Akamaru was right next to him, and Kiba was waiting for Hitori to run out of stamina and slow down. He knew that she made this trip every week, but that didn't mean she had the stamina to run the whole way, which was about 4 and a half hours at a casual walking pace as she said. She kept going for at least the next forty five minutes and then came to a sudden stop just as a small stall came into sight ahead.

Without any explanation, she strolled until they reached the stall and bought a few sticks of dango for herself, sat down on the small bench at the front, and started to eat the treat. He was a bit surprised at how sudden it was, but he was absolutely stunned at how quickly she went from having a blank, cold expression, to looking very polite and kind. The woman working at the stall seemed to recognise her, and they made a bit of small talk whilst she had prepared the dango for Hitori, so he guessed that she came by here every time she made the trip.

He bought a single stick for himself, not being overly keen for the treat unless he was in the mood, and he took a drink from his water flask and gave Akamaru a drink before closing up his pack, and getting ready to move off again. It took Hitori another minute to finish her dango, and she bid goodbye to the woman and said that she'd see her soon before she walked off, seeming to pay no attention to what he was doing.